title: Pediatric office emergencies.
abstract: Pediatricians regularly see emergencies in the office, or children that require transfer to an emergency department, or hospitalization. An office self-assessment is the first step in determining how to prepare for an emergency. The use of mock codes and skill drills make office personnel feel less anxious about medical emergencies. Emergency information forms provide valuable, quick information about complex patients for emergency medical services and other physicians caring for patients. Furthermore, disaster planning should be part of an office preparedness plan.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 225 East Chicago Avenue, Box 62, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: s-fuchs@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuchs
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003657:Decision Making; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods*; D004630:Emergencies; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D010824:Physicians' Offices; D012647:Self-Assessment
keywords: Disasters; Emergency information; Mock codes; Office emergencies; Office preparedness